Best Maida Heatters Apple Cranberry Pudding Recipes

APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Peel, quarter, core and slice the apples.
• Put them in a saucepan with the brown sugar, cinnamon and cranberries bring to the boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour this mixture into a greased ovenproof dish, 3 inch deep, 9 inch diameter, (the dish needs to be deep to avoid fruit bubbling out during baking).
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the beaten eggs a little at the time and incorporating them well before adding more egg.
• Fold in the ground almonds.
• Spoon this almond cake mix on top of the apple-cranberry mixture in the dish and even it out a little bit.
• Put the dish in the oven and bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

MAIDA HEATTER'S FREE-FORM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add water and toss with a fork until pastry holds together.
• Shape pastry into a ball and flatten into a disk.
• Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Melt butter in a 12" skillet over medium heat.
• Increase heat to high and add sugar and brandy.
• Stir in apples and cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring apples twice.
• Uncover and add raisins and cook apples, stirring until tender and liquid evaporates, about 6 minutes more.
• Cool apples completely.
• Stir in nuts.
• Heat oven to 425.
• Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry into a 14 inch circle.
• Transfer pastry to a large cookie sheet.
• Arrange apples on pastry, leaving a 2 to 2 1/2 inch border around the edge.
• Fold edge of pastry over apples.
• The pie shell should be about 9 inches in diameter.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 400 and bake 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
• Melt preserves through a sieve into a cup.
• Drizzle over filling.
• Cool on cookie sheet.
• Transfer to serving platter when cool.